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My point was that Matusow and those like him can probably drum up 6 figure stakes really easily, so even if he's only got 500k, he can still jump in a 2000/4000 game and not have to worry about losing his earning capacity if he busts. It's not a matter of starving if you bust, it's a matter of having your hourly rate severely reduced. With mid-limit games, it's less pronounced because you don't need a ridiculous amount of money for a bankroll, but if you played 100/200 as your regular game and got busted taking a shot at 300/600, you probably wouldn't be able to make a couple calls and round up 100k so you could keep going at 1/2.